Spent the weekend at Prairie Band and thought I would report on some
items. First, all staff we encountered were so friendly and helpful
that my wife & I could not stop talking about it. This includes
valet parking, bellmen, hotel clerks, waiters, bartenders, dealers,
etc. I mean everyone was very nice.
This casino is also gambler friendly, imo. They have more
promotions, offer coupons on their website, more mailers, reasonable
room rates, reasonable restaurant & bar pricing that even a low
roller like myself feels like they are wanted. The KC area casinos
are not near as inviting (btw, the last 2 offers I tried to redeem
at Harrah's NKC never happened, one being a cash email offer and the
other a multi-point day mailing).
Before getting to the vp, imo the rooms are clean & comfortable and
the restaurants are good (not great) with the buffet being my least
favorite (I'm not much of a buffet person).
As far as vp goes, I did not see any AA or Pickem in bartops. They
have all been replaced with newer machines like at the new casino
bar. It appears all the AA Gamemakers along the wall opposite the
bars are still intact, although I never got a chance to play them as
they were always full. When I walked by scanning the machines, I
did not see anyone playing AA. There are also 2 slant-top machines,
I believe they are Gamemakers, south of the Buffet that have .25 AA
on them.
One other item that was of some interest if it is true is a
bartender advised us that as of January 1, 2008 Harrah's will no
longer be running the Prairie Band. Some of you may already know
this but it was news to me and as of hearing this, I have mixed
feelings regarding whether that will be good or bad.
That's all I have to report. Wish this casino was not so out of the
way as they might receive all my local gambling budget.
Good luck to all!
Mark